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Members of Mount Pleasant Football Academy and Jacob’s Ladder pose for a photograph following the club’s donation of supplies recently.
December 9, 2025

Mount Pleasant strengthens community impact with donation to Mustard Seed

RUNAWAY BAY: Mount Pleasant Football Academy (MPFA) reaffirmed its commitment to community development and social responsibility on Tuesday with a donation of groceries and toiletries to the Mustard…
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo leaves the pitch after being shown a red card during a World Cup 2026 Group F qualifying football match between Ireland and Portugal in Dublin, Thursday, November 13, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Ronaldo risks ban at World Cup after red card against Ireland

DUBLIN (AP): Cristiano Ronaldo is at serious risk of being banned for the first game of the 2026 World Cup if Portugal qualifies as expected. The football superstar was sent off for elbowing Ireland…
A Turkish flag waves at the Turkish Football Federation headquarters, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, November 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
December 9, 2025

Turkish football imposes temporary bans on 102 players over betting scandal

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish football temporarily banned 102 professional players including 25 from the top-tier league on Thursday over a widening betting scandal that has implicated hundreds of referees.…
Renaldo Cephas (left) scored for Jamaica in last night’s match against hosts Trinidad and Tobago in their Concacaf World Cup qualifying match.
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

Boyz, T&T stalemate; Curacao run rampant

The race for the top spot in Group B will come down to the final day as Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago played out a 1-1 draw at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Concacaf World Cup Qualifying action…
Courtesy of JFF Media Reggae Boyz coach Steve McClaren during a training session ahead of a Concacaf World Cup Qualifier against Trinidad and Tobago in that country last Tuesday.
December 9, 2025 by Paul

DANGEROUS TIMES

BEFORE THE Reggae Boyz beat Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 in the National Stadium on September 9, the teams had avoided each other in Concacaf World Cup action for nearly 25 years. Now, nearly 30 years…
Montego Bay United FC’s (MBU) President Dr. Germain Spencer (left) and Chairman Yoni Epstein.
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Montego Bay comes to town

CHAIRMAN OF Montego Bay United (MBU) Yoni Epstein says his club fully supports the decision by the Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) to restart the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) on December…
Jamaica Football Federation President Michael Ricketts
December 9, 2025

JFF reaches out to Treasure Beach FC, surrounding communities

THE JAMAICA Football Federation (JFF), in partnership with several of its major sponsors, has launched its Hurricane Melissa relief response with the delivery of care packages to communities across St…
Mount Pleasant Director of Football and assistant coach Davion Ferguson (left) and head coach Theodore Whitmore.
December 9, 2025 by Livingston Scott

Melissa be damned

WITH THE nation still recovering from devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa and the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) not resuming until December 7, Concacaf Caribbean Cup finalists Mount Pleasant will…
Sunshine Girls goal defence Jodian Ward (third left) rises to challenge a shot by England Vitality Roses’ goal attack Lois Pearson (third right) during game three of the Horizon Netball Series at the National Indoor Sports Centre on November 25, 2024. Re
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Netball Jamaica decision on Horizon Series to come this week

NETBALL JAMAICA (NJ) is scheduled to announce this week whether or not they will proceed with their much-anticipated Horizon Vitality Series against long-time rivals England next month, following the…